Chinese Medicine Men
Author | : Sherman Cochran |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2006-05-30 |
ISBN-10 | : 0674021614 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780674021617 |
Rating | : 4/5 (14 Downloads) |
Download or read book Chinese Medicine Men written by Sherman Cochran and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2006-05-30 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cochran reconsiders the nature and role of consumer culture in the spread of globalization and illuminates enduring features of the Chinese experience of consumer culture. The history of Chinese medicine men in pre-socialist China, he suggests, has relevance for the 21st century because they achieved goals that resonate with their successors today.